Saumendra Sarangi

Assistant Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: ssarangi[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: +917060832284(O) 7060832284(M)

Other Academic Achievements

Award and Honors:

Awarded for POSOCO power system Award for PhD Thesis in the year 2017

Selected for mentoring engineering teachers by INAE Fellow.in INAE scheme.

Archana Tamrakar, S. Sarangi (Student Pavilion Award) at GRIDCON 2025, an international conference-cum-exhibition conducted from 9–11 March 2025 at the India International Convention Centre (IICC) – Yashobhoomi, Dwarka, New Delhi.

Best Paper Award, ICPCES 2023, for the conference paper, S. Gangolu and S. Sarangi, "Additional logic for Alpha Plane Algorithm under Ground faults," 2023 International Conference on Computer, Electronics & Electrical Engineering & their Applications (IC2E3), Srinagar Garhwal, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IC2E357697.2023.10262729.

Best paper Award for the paper title "Variance (σ2) Based Cyber Attack Detection Add-on for Line Differential Scheme" presented at IEEE SEFET 2025 at MNIT Jaipur,

Conferences/ Workshops/Symposium/ Short-term Courses Organized:

Resilient control and operation of micro grid, 6th Jan to 10th Jan /2020, EED, MNNIT Allahabad, Role: Convener

Future trends in Wide Area-based Power Systems Control and Protection (WACP-2020), EED MNNIT Allahabad, 13-10-2020 to 17-10-2020, Role Convener

Self-Financed Short-term Course on “Modeling and Simulation of Dynamical Systems (MSDS)” September 6-10, 2020, Role Coordinator

SERB Sponsored One week [Online] Workshop on “Intelligent Control and Protection Techniques for HYBRID Microgrid” 5th March - 9th March, 2022 Role Coordinator

3rd One week Self-Financed Short Term Course On Advances in Power Technologies (APT-2021) 20th - 24th December, 2021 Role: Convener

One-Week Short-Term Course on "Emerging Control Methodologies and Resilience: Industry 4.0", in Hybrid Mode from August 16-20, 2023 [Role: Course Coordinator].

Conference Chair of 8th "2024 IEEE Students Conference on Engineering and Systems (SCES-2024)” organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, scheduled during 21st - 23rd June, 2024.

One-Week Summer School on "Computing, Control, and Optimization (C2O 2025), in association with IEEE CSS Chapter, UP Section & IEEE UP Section, scheduled from June 9-13, 2025. [Role: Course Coordinator]

On-going Projects:

Role: CO-PI/Member of Project Implementation Group, Project Title: Development of Smart Power System Laboratory with Renewables, Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi,, Status: Approved, Amount (Rs.): 141 Lakhs

Co-PI: Project Title “A novel resynchronization methodology for active distribution system”, Science & Engineering Research Board, New Delhi, Rs. 37.60 Lakhs, Status:Ongoing

Projects Completed:

Development of novel protection Schemes for HYBRID Microgrid, SERB INDIA,SRG Scheme, Amount 27.48 lakh

Consultancy(Past):

Party - Allahabad division of North Central Railway (NCR) Project/ Type of work – Verification and Comparison of loads with ACSR Panther to ACSR Zebra Conductor for 132kV Transmission Line (LOA No. Dy. CEE/C/ALD/16-17/Tender-156, Dated. 05/09/2017) Consultancy Charges: Rs. 52,200/

Party- UPPTCL, Prayagraj Project/Type of Work - Inspection of 132 kV GIS Substation, Kareli (2x60 MVA) and 132 kV Transmission Line (Overhead + Underground) [Consultancy Charge - Rs. 59,000/-]

Party: Executive Engineer, E/M Division, PWD Prayagraj, U.P. Project/ Type of work: Vetting of Electrical Design of 33/11/0.433 kV Substation for Honorable High Court Allahabad, Prayagraj, U.P., Consultancy project no.: CP/272/Feb/2021-22, dt. 07-02-21, Consultancy Charges: Rs.: 4,72,000/-

4) Principal Investigator, third-party Inspection of new substation in the Allahabad HIGH Court, UP, 2025

Co-Principal Investigator Third Party inspection : 11kV, LT Line. LT panel of multi-storey & transformer in Yamuna Vihar

Co-Principal Investigator, “Third party Joint inspection of 400 kV quad Moose Varanasi-Bihar Sharif LILO Transmission line at Sahupuri” , Chandauli (U.P).

Principal Investigator,” Third Party inspection of cable installation at 220kV/400 kV substation” at Sahupuri, Chandauli (U.P).

Expert Lectures:

Faculty development program on recent Innovation as and technologies in Electrical Engineering,"Adaptive protection technique for PV penetrated distributed system ",EED GEC Jawahar,04 jan 2021

Advanced protection schemes for micro grid, "Recent trends in renewable energy and power system", EED NIT Raipur,20/10.2020

Recent trends in power system distribution and micro grid,"FDP on Recent trends in power system distribution and micro grid", EED Rewa Engineering college",24th Jan 2020

Expert Lecture in the Faculty Development Program on "Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in Advanced Power Systems” from 21st April - 1st May 2025 NIT Durgapur

Expert lecture in the Five-Day ANRF sponsored, IEEE Kolkata Section IA & PE Joint Societies Chapter-Rourkela Co-Sponsored Short Term Course & Faculty Development Programme on “Sustainable Electric Mobility through Intelligent Charging and Microgrid Control (SEMICMC-2025)” scheduled from 10th–14th October 2025.

Reviewer for Transactions / Journal / Conferences:

Guest Associate Editor. Special Issue: AI/Data-based Modeling, Control and Operation of Smart Grid Power Systems. Journal: International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields (SCI Indexed)